Dogs tired of Brown antics

The Western Bulldogs are tired of Nathan Brown's contract negotiating antics and next week will begin reviewing their options on whether to trade the former All-Australian forward.

A clearly frustrated Bulldog president David Smorgon yesterday said the club was disappointed Brown had not bothered to attend a meeting on Thursday, instead sending his manager.

While it was willing to be patient, Smorgon said that with the draft looming, the club could not wait indefinitely for Brown to decide his future.

"I certainly haven't heard anything and we still haven't got the commitment we want and the longer it goes, the more pessimistic we get," Smorgon said yesterday.

"In the absence of hearing anything back, obviously you get concerned.

"We have heard what Nathan's said - that he wants to remain a Bulldog and he has heard clearly that he is a required player at our club, so we hope there is a meeting of the minds.

"(But) it always takes two parties to agree on this and at the moment there is not agreement . . . so we'll just start, I think, for the first time, thinking about options, and that we will review on Monday morning."

The club has demanded that Brown, along with all the players on the list, agree to a greater off-field commitment and leadership roles. Sources around the club say Brown has a propensity to delegate off-field responsibilities and make excuses as to why he cannot attend planned commitments.

Smorgon would not comment on Brown's behaviour or elaborate on what the Bulldogs required him to agree to. But Smorgon did reveal one of the sticking points was the money Brown was asking.

He said part of the negotiations centred around the type of "responsibility you need to take (around the club) to get the sums of dollars that you want".

Yesterday was believed to have been the day Brown was to announce his intentions.